Unbelievably happy : Scots band land their first UK number one album after 25 years MOGWAI have landed their first number one album - 25 years on from the release of their debut single. The Scottish band s tenth studio album The Love Continues debute at No.1 on the UK Official Albums Chart. The Scottish rock group have been facing off with British grime MC, rapper and songwriter Ghetts for this week’s top spot, with the UK rapper taking to the streets of central London in an armoured tank hoping to blast his third album Conflict Of Interest to the summit. Mogwai finished the week 2,900 chart sales ahead of Ghetts, resulting in landmark moment for the band.
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March 30th, 2012
Given that I have to professionally wrap my head around roughly 1,267 new albums every week – or something like that – in my role as album reviews editor for BBC.co.uk, please do allow me this article of unashamed nostalgia (read: vanity). If nothing else, it’s a reminder to me that while most new music matters for a week, some from my own lifetime will sing its songs into future generations.
Being in 2012 makes the sounds of 1997 seem ever so old on ‘paper’ – yet the year, for me, is yet to be bettered in terms of life-impacting long-play releases. Naturally my age plays a part, but nonetheless, some brilliant LPs were released in the year that Princess Diana died so that Rebecca Black could be born (though perhaps these events were unrelated). And while the choices below are not as fresh as they once were, they each retain potency a full 15 years on from their first release.